Baseball finishes up in style

The Lincoln-Sudbury baseball team finished off its season with four more victories to improve the Warriors' final record to 19-1.

Mike Wilson/Sports Correspondent

The Lincoln-Sudbury baseball team finished off its season with four more victories to improve the Warriors' final record to 19-1.L-S played Wayland, Boston Latin, Hopkinton, and Milford in its final games before the playoffs.In the first game of the week against Wayland, the Warriors hoped to beat Wayland for a second time this year. Junior Jordan McCarthy was on the mound for L-S as he pitched five strong innings, allowing two runs (one earned) on four hits while striking out two.Meanwhile, on the offensive side of the diamond, senior captain Matt Miller started the scoring off after he singled in the first inning, followed by senior captain Jack Laurendeau single and senior Brendan Blake single that drove in miller. In the second, sophomore Justin Quinn hit a home run over the left center field fence to put the Warriors ahead 2-1.In Miller and Laurendeau's next at bats they got on base again and were driven in by senior captain Eddie Bleiler on a sacrifice and Blake on a single. Quinn and Miller both scored three runs, Laurendeau had three hits, Blake had four hits, and sophomore Derek Lowe had two RBI along with senior captain Mike Wilson also with two RBI. Senior Mark Collins finished off the game pitching with two strikeouts in two innings of work allowing one hit and no runs leaving the score at 14-2.In the last league game, the Warriors faced off against Boston Latin the morning after senior prom. The offense started slow as the 10 seniors on the team seemed tired and needed to come back late in the game. Boston Latin scored three runs early as its first three batters crossed the plate, but junior Tim Mollen came in early to stop the damage for two innings. In the second, the Warriors did manage to score a run as Quinn walked and stole second and was driven in by Lowe after a single to right field.Lowe then came in to pitch an inning, followed by Miller for two innings and junior Mark Robson for the last inning. With the score 3-1 going into the fifth inning, Quinn hit a double and advanced to third on a Lowe fielders choice. Quinn then stole home, which seemed to be the spark plug for the offense. Down 4-2 in the sixth, Robson walked, sophomore Garret Moore singled, Miller sac flied, Laurendeau singled, and Bleiler singled. Then Wilson drove in two runs as he hit a ball that was mishandled by the shortstop and ended up on third base and was driven in by Quinn on a singled. Senior Kevin Scanlan drove in Quinn and the Warriors kept the lead as they won 10-6.The Warriors then played in the MetroWest Daily News Tournament. They had no intention of messing around in the game as they played Hopkinton in the first game. Bleiler started things off as he singled and stole second, and was immediately driven in by Roth on a triple to deep right field. Meanwhile Scanlan was on the mound again for the Warriors trying to improve his record to 8-0. He pitched a complete-game shut out with 11 strikeouts allowing only one hit.Scanlan was also outstanding on the offensive side of the game as he went 4-for-4 with three runs. He and Wilson combined for six runs going 7-for-8 with three doubles and four RBI in the seventh and eighth spots in the lineup. Also adding to the scoring was Bleiler with two hits and two RBI, and McCarthy with two RBI. The final score was 11-0 as the Warriors prepared for the playoffs.In the championship game of the tournament, Milford was the next victim of the powerful Warrior offense. Junior Sam Finn was on the mound to shut Milford down in the six innings he pitched, allowing one run on four hits, while striking out three. McCarthy pitched the last inning, allowing no runs striking out two.In the second inning, Roth singled, Quinn walked, and Scanlan reached on an error to load the bases. Senior Drew Mullaney singled in the first two runs of the game to put L-S up 2-0. Miller hit a sacrifice fly to drive in Scanlan, and Laurendeau singled to bring in Mullaney. Wilson walked in the third and made it to third base on two wild pitches and was driven in by Quinn with a deep double to left field.The Warriors finished off the victory, winning 6-1. Finn and Wilson made the all tournament team, and senior Scanlan won tournament MVP honors.The Warriors are on their way to a number one seed in the state tournament with a 19-1 record.